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How Should A Conversation Be? – a workshop production
How Should A Conversation Be?
a workshop production by Malena Penncook, and directed by Dan Hasse
starring Nancy Ma, Malena Pennycook, and Caitlin Cobb-Vialet
Aug. 01 – 03, and 06 – 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
70 Minutes | 16+ | $20
Don’t miss a workshop production of How Should A Conversation Be? at CRASHBOX August 1-10.
How Should A Conversation Be? is a new play by Malena Pennycook (Yale Drama Prize Finalist) directed by Dan Hasse (American Shakespeare Center). It’s a formally inventive queer love story that investigates the moments in life with the power to stop time. Fast, physical, sharp, and full of heart – this play will crack you open when you least expect it.
Terry and Kati live in Denver. It was love from the moment they met at Very Gay Beans Cafe. The trouble is
Five years have passed
Now ten
Now fifteen
and time just keeps moving faster and faster.
When a tragedy takes place several miles from their home, Terry and Kati are forced to slow down and ask each other, how should a conversation be? That is, how can we establish a profound connection, which feels distinctly available after an act of violence, in our day to day?Playwright: Malena Pennycook Director: Dan Hasse, Actors: Nancy Ma, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and me!, Lights: Stephen Pruitt, Costumes: Katie Concannon, Sound: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Props: Zipporah Norton, Set: a collaboration between Zipporah Norton and LOWDO Designs, and Stage Manager: Rose Gonzales.
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How Should A Conversation Be? – a workshop production
How Should A Conversation Be?
a workshop production by Malena Penncook, and directed by Dan Hasse
starring Nancy Ma, Malena Pennycook, and Caitlin Cobb-Vialet
Aug. 01 – 03, and 06 – 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
70 Minutes | 16+ | $20
Don’t miss a workshop production of How Should A Conversation Be? at CRASHBOX August 1-10.
How Should A Conversation Be? is a new play by Malena Pennycook (Yale Drama Prize Finalist) directed by Dan Hasse (American Shakespeare Center). It’s a formally inventive queer love story that investigates the moments in life with the power to stop time. Fast, physical, sharp, and full of heart – this play will crack you open when you least expect it.
Terry and Kati live in Denver. It was love from the moment they met at Very Gay Beans Cafe. The trouble is
Five years have passed
Now ten
Now fifteen
and time just keeps moving faster and faster.
When a tragedy takes place several miles from their home, Terry and Kati are forced to slow down and ask each other, how should a conversation be? That is, how can we establish a profound connection, which feels distinctly available after an act of violence, in our day to day?Playwright: Malena Pennycook Director: Dan Hasse, Actors: Nancy Ma, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and me!, Lights: Stephen Pruitt, Costumes: Katie Concannon, Sound: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Props: Zipporah Norton, Set: a collaboration between Zipporah Norton and LOWDO Designs, and Stage Manager: Rose Gonzales.
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How Should A Conversation Be? – a workshop production
How Should A Conversation Be?
a workshop production by Malena Penncook, and directed by Dan Hasse
starring Nancy Ma, Malena Pennycook, and Caitlin Cobb-Vialet
Aug. 01 – 03, and 06 – 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
70 Minutes | 16+ | $20
Don’t miss a workshop production of How Should A Conversation Be? at CRASHBOX August 1-10.
How Should A Conversation Be? is a new play by Malena Pennycook (Yale Drama Prize Finalist) directed by Dan Hasse (American Shakespeare Center). It’s a formally inventive queer love story that investigates the moments in life with the power to stop time. Fast, physical, sharp, and full of heart – this play will crack you open when you least expect it.
Terry and Kati live in Denver. It was love from the moment they met at Very Gay Beans Cafe. The trouble is
Five years have passed
Now ten
Now fifteen
and time just keeps moving faster and faster.
When a tragedy takes place several miles from their home, Terry and Kati are forced to slow down and ask each other, how should a conversation be? That is, how can we establish a profound connection, which feels distinctly available after an act of violence, in our day to day?Playwright: Malena Pennycook Director: Dan Hasse, Actors: Nancy Ma, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and me!, Lights: Stephen Pruitt, Costumes: Katie Concannon, Sound: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Props: Zipporah Norton, Set: a collaboration between Zipporah Norton and LOWDO Designs, and Stage Manager: Rose Gonzales.
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How Should A Conversation Be? – a workshop production
How Should A Conversation Be?
a workshop production by Malena Penncook, and directed by Dan Hasse
starring Nancy Ma, Malena Pennycook, and Caitlin Cobb-Vialet
Aug. 01 – 03, and 06 – 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
70 Minutes | 16+ | $20
Don’t miss a workshop production of How Should A Conversation Be? at CRASHBOX August 1-10.
How Should A Conversation Be? is a new play by Malena Pennycook (Yale Drama Prize Finalist) directed by Dan Hasse (American Shakespeare Center). It’s a formally inventive queer love story that investigates the moments in life with the power to stop time. Fast, physical, sharp, and full of heart – this play will crack you open when you least expect it.
Terry and Kati live in Denver. It was love from the moment they met at Very Gay Beans Cafe. The trouble is
Five years have passed
Now ten
Now fifteen
and time just keeps moving faster and faster.
When a tragedy takes place several miles from their home, Terry and Kati are forced to slow down and ask each other, how should a conversation be? That is, how can we establish a profound connection, which feels distinctly available after an act of violence, in our day to day?Playwright: Malena Pennycook Director: Dan Hasse, Actors: Nancy Ma, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and me!, Lights: Stephen Pruitt, Costumes: Katie Concannon, Sound: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Props: Zipporah Norton, Set: a collaboration between Zipporah Norton and LOWDO Designs, and Stage Manager: Rose Gonzales.
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How Should A Conversation Be? – a workshop production
How Should A Conversation Be?
a workshop production by Malena Penncook, and directed by Dan Hasse
starring Nancy Ma, Malena Pennycook, and Caitlin Cobb-Vialet
Aug. 01 – 03, and 06 – 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
70 Minutes | 16+ | $20
Don’t miss a workshop production of How Should A Conversation Be? at CRASHBOX August 1-10.
How Should A Conversation Be? is a new play by Malena Pennycook (Yale Drama Prize Finalist) directed by Dan Hasse (American Shakespeare Center). It’s a formally inventive queer love story that investigates the moments in life with the power to stop time. Fast, physical, sharp, and full of heart – this play will crack you open when you least expect it.
Terry and Kati live in Denver. It was love from the moment they met at Very Gay Beans Cafe. The trouble is
Five years have passed
Now ten
Now fifteen
and time just keeps moving faster and faster.
When a tragedy takes place several miles from their home, Terry and Kati are forced to slow down and ask each other, how should a conversation be? That is, how can we establish a profound connection, which feels distinctly available after an act of violence, in our day to day?Playwright: Malena Pennycook Director: Dan Hasse, Actors: Nancy Ma, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and me!, Lights: Stephen Pruitt, Costumes: Katie Concannon, Sound: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Props: Zipporah Norton, Set: a collaboration between Zipporah Norton and LOWDO Designs, and Stage Manager: Rose Gonzales.
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How Should A Conversation Be? – a workshop production
How Should A Conversation Be?
a workshop production by Malena Penncook, and directed by Dan Hasse
starring Nancy Ma, Malena Pennycook, and Caitlin Cobb-Vialet
Aug. 01 – 03, and 06 – 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
70 Minutes | 16+ | $20
Don’t miss a workshop production of How Should A Conversation Be? at CRASHBOX August 1-10.
How Should A Conversation Be? is a new play by Malena Pennycook (Yale Drama Prize Finalist) directed by Dan Hasse (American Shakespeare Center). It’s a formally inventive queer love story that investigates the moments in life with the power to stop time. Fast, physical, sharp, and full of heart – this play will crack you open when you least expect it.
Terry and Kati live in Denver. It was love from the moment they met at Very Gay Beans Cafe. The trouble is
Five years have passed
Now ten
Now fifteen
and time just keeps moving faster and faster.
When a tragedy takes place several miles from their home, Terry and Kati are forced to slow down and ask each other, how should a conversation be? That is, how can we establish a profound connection, which feels distinctly available after an act of violence, in our day to day?Playwright: Malena Pennycook Director: Dan Hasse, Actors: Nancy Ma, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and me!, Lights: Stephen Pruitt, Costumes: Katie Concannon, Sound: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Props: Zipporah Norton, Set: a collaboration between Zipporah Norton and LOWDO Designs, and Stage Manager: Rose Gonzales.
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How Should A Conversation Be? – a workshop production
How Should A Conversation Be?
a workshop production by Malena Penncook, and directed by Dan Hasse
starring Nancy Ma, Malena Pennycook, and Caitlin Cobb-Vialet
Aug. 01 – 03, and 06 – 10, 2025 at 7:30pm
70 Minutes | 16+ | $20
Don’t miss a workshop production of How Should A Conversation Be? at CRASHBOX August 1-10.
How Should A Conversation Be? is a new play by Malena Pennycook (Yale Drama Prize Finalist) directed by Dan Hasse (American Shakespeare Center). It’s a formally inventive queer love story that investigates the moments in life with the power to stop time. Fast, physical, sharp, and full of heart – this play will crack you open when you least expect it.
Terry and Kati live in Denver. It was love from the moment they met at Very Gay Beans Cafe. The trouble is
Five years have passed
Now ten
Now fifteen
and time just keeps moving faster and faster.
When a tragedy takes place several miles from their home, Terry and Kati are forced to slow down and ask each other, how should a conversation be? That is, how can we establish a profound connection, which feels distinctly available after an act of violence, in our day to day?Playwright: Malena Pennycook Director: Dan Hasse, Actors: Nancy Ma, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and me!, Lights: Stephen Pruitt, Costumes: Katie Concannon, Sound: Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Props: Zipporah Norton, Set: a collaboration between Zipporah Norton and LOWDO Designs, and Stage Manager: Rose Gonzales.
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paper chairs presents w-i-p showing @Austin
Crashbox
paper chairs presents
Do you need to read The Confidence Man
July 27 & 28th at 8pm
Performer, playwright and descendent of Herman Melville, Elizabeth Doss “talks back” to THE CONFIDENCE MAN, the last novel Melville published in his lifetime. Set on a steamboat cruising down Mississippi, Doss jumps aboard, probing this text to grapple with her own encounters with “Confidence Men”, not to mention her own flagging confidence, and what the hell Melville is really getting at in his strangest and most provocatively perplexing text. Still in its larval stage, Doss asks, “Do you need to read THE CONFIDENCE MAN?”, or does it deserve its obscurity? This solo performance (hopefully) offers a mixture of insight, ignorance and some stabs at hilarity. Come cheer her on (or boo her off) for two nights only at Crashbox. 8pmBottle Alley Theatre Company is a bunch of punks who like being independent, experimentation, and honesty. in a constant search for catharsis. theatre of cruelty inspired work. specialists in found space theatre. producers of strictly …
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paper chairs presents w-i-p showing @Austin
Crashbox
paper chairs presents
Do you need to read The Confidence Man
July 27 & 28th at 8pm
Performer, playwright and descendent of Herman Melville, Elizabeth Doss “talks back” to THE CONFIDENCE MAN, the last novel Melville published in his lifetime. Set on a steamboat cruising down Mississippi, Doss jumps aboard, probing this text to grapple with her own encounters with “Confidence Men”, not to mention her own flagging confidence, and what the hell Melville is really getting at in his strangest and most provocatively perplexing text. Still in its larval stage, Doss asks, “Do you need to read THE CONFIDENCE MAN?”, or does it deserve its obscurity? This solo performance (hopefully) offers a mixture of insight, ignorance and some stabs at hilarity. Come cheer her on (or boo her off) for two nights only at Crashbox. 8pmBottle Alley Theatre Company is a bunch of punks who like being independent, experimentation, and honesty. in a constant search for catharsis. theatre of cruelty inspired work. specialists in found space theatre. producers of strictly …
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THEE GAY AGENDA presents JUSTICE IS SERVED
Thee Gay Agenda presents JUSTICE IS SERVEDShow starts at 8PM sharp. Doors at 7:30PM.
Variety show including comedy, drag, dance, and homosexual mayhem. Two hour show with an intermission.
Featuring Emmet Hunker • Irielle Wesley • Ruby Knight • Steph VF • Lynn Metcalf • Bad Luck Penny • Taylor Dominique • Aida Hernandez-Reyes • Eddie Hale • Choreo by KO • DJ: Pinkstar
You are about to enter the court of Thee Gay Agenda (TGA). The people are real. The case is real. The ruling is final. This is a queer variety show in a courtroom-turned-theater. This is TGA’s Justice is Served. Three nights only. Capacity is limited. Tickets below.
Dress: on theme! Let your legal clerk flag fly! Suits, ties, heels, loafers — it’s time for your courtroom business casual best to be steamed n cleaned.
Must be 18+ to attend. Bring valid photo ID.
ASL interpreted by Dany Casey Friday night only.
Made possible by the gay brains & brawn of: Vincent Tomasino, Arci Posadas, Theo Snow, Emmet Hunker, Faith Vivian, Hal Cosentino, and more.
Thee Gay Agenda (TGA) has been queering spaces all over Austin & connecting artists worldwide since 2019. TGA exists to create a platform for queer artists to be discovered, seen, & connect with other like-minded creatives to make space for otherness everywhere. Initially conceived as a queer comedy showcase, TGA metastasized into a raucous variety show that centers the radical power of queer joy.
Just as we personally disrupt the gender binary, TGA subverts the generic conventions of nightlife by platforming unexpected performance modalities such as cake-sitting, fashion shows, academic lectures, and French clowning, alongside a savory base of stand-up comedy, burlesque and drag.